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By Lucy Kenningham The Vikings invented jury service and Jeremy Thorpe’s acquittal led to the Contempt of Court Act, writes Lucy Kenningham Last week I was one member of a jury that convicted a man of murder; he will now spend 27 years in prison. The decision – guilty or not guilty? – was the most consequential I’ve ever had to take. How did we as a collective come to our decision? Well, courtrooms no longer use the term “beyond reasonable doubt”. Instead, we were told we had to be “sure”. An odd word to use, I thought, as it seemed jarringly untechnical – a filler word by simping Americans. I…